2 MONTH CHECK UP

Up until yesterday I have loved every single thing about being a mom. Kate had her 2 month check up and I had to go without Jason. I had been dreading it all weekend; holding down a sweet, innocent little baby while they are poked with sharp needles and screaming has to be the worst feeling in the world!!! Luckily she didn't cry for too long and she fell asleep on the car ride home. Here is what she did pretty much all day yesterday after we came home.



It's just too bad this didn't last through the night!!!!

September Sum Up

Ok, since I was a huge slacker last month, I decided to just do an all inclusive post for September!!!

We finally got Kate's crib!!! We ordered it back in June and it came the beginning of July, but had a broken piece. We called the manufacturer and they sent us a replacement part. We finally got that towards the end of July, only to find out they sent us the wrong piece!!! We called them again, and made sure they knew what piece to send and they said they would put a rush delivery on it. Weeks went by with nothing so we called them again, the woman who I talked to said, "yes, I see there is a rush order on it, but it has not shipped out yet...I'll tell my supervisor" BAH JEEZE! So finally a few weeks and a few more phone calls later, the correct piece came! Everytime Jason went to put the thing together, I wanted to take pictures, so buy the time the right piece came, he was sick of picture taking, so here is one of the crib all finished!

My sister, Mollie, threatened me...so here are some pictures of Kate, CLOSE UP!

Cuddling with Daddy, her favorite time of the day!




She smiled, RIGHT after I took this picture! I'm so sad I missed it! Kate had her first smile on Sunday, September 23rd. I had gone back to bed for a little bit while Jason took care of her, and she smiled for him a few times. She still isn't smiling a ton, but does it most for Jason, I guess she is a Daddy's girl!


Jason took on a project this last weekend, he thought would be small, but turned out to be a whole day of HARD WORK! He dug up a whole section of our front yard with a hoe to get rid of a bunch of weeds and old decorative rocks and planted some pretty plants!

BEFORE:





AFTER:





And to finish it all off, a poo story! We went to get Kate's pictures taken professionally on Saturday; we had her dressed up in the cutest little outfit! It had been a few days since she had poo'd and I had been a little concerned about it, but it was the last thing on my mind during her photo shoot, she was even making some grunting faces, but I didn't think much of it. About half way through the session, the photographer was re-situating her and informed me that she was soaked. This seemed weird to me considering we had just changed her before we left, I was about to blame the cheap diapers, and then we went to change her...there was poo soaking through her skirt and onsie! We took them off and it was all up her tummy and back! Then we took the diaper off...no joke it was FILLED side to side and front to back, not a speck of clean diaper!!! I had no clue so much stuff could come out of something so little!!! Luckily we had taken quite a few pictures already and just moved on to some nudie pictures! She had a few more blow-outs over the next few days and now is going on 2 days with nothing...I am just waiting for the next explosion!

My Baby's Momma

This is Jason posting. I figured that since the profile that Megan uses is called "jasonandmegan" then I at least have the right to type once. I've actually wanted to do this for some time now and figured that since both of my girls are taking Sunday naps, now was the perfect time.


I am so blessed! I constantly feel so lucky to have such a wonderful woman be my wife. Megan has been stellar as a mom and makes me proud to be her husband. She almost never complains about the hassles of being a mom (or my wife) and seems almost happy to get up in the middle of the night (not always of course) to feed our little Kate. In fact, last night Kate was sleeping so well in the early evening Megan told me "I just want to wake her up and hold her." I think that while growing up I wasn't the typical young man. I wanted to go on a mission but only so I could come home and start my family. I never daydreamed about which foreign land I'd end up preaching in (Ohio Baby!) but I did think a lot about the person that would be my wife and help raise our children. Megan has met and surpassed any expectations that I've had about my wife and although she has only begun being a mother, I know that she'll be the best. I love her and appreciate all that she does.

(Hopefully this post doesn't sound too girly, I just wanted to publicly tell my wife how great she is and now I'll leave the blog for Megan.)

One Month Old And Packin' On The Pounds!

I can't believe it has already been a month since Kate joined our family! Believe it or not, our little skinny minny has turned into a chunky monkey and now weighs 8lbs! We celebrated her one month birthday with a little bubbly!



Kate was a little upset when she found out she would not be getting any!



Happy One Month Birthday sweet baby! We love you!

Boogie Nights

My poor baby has a clogged tear duct! As you can see from the picture, these are the boogies that accumulate in her eye through the night, even after wiping her eyes every feeding with a warm wash cloth! The Dr. said it should clear up on it's own by the time she is a few months old, but I hate seeing my little girl struggle to open her eye! I hope it clears up sooner than that!

As I was trying to get a shot of her little crusty eye, I managed to get a picture of her "smiling". So I guess her eye can't be bothering her that much...

...And Kate Makes Three!

Well, as I am sure all of you know by now, Kate Elizabeth made her way into our home and into our hearts on August 6. She came exactly one month early, but luckily was perfectly healthy! She weighed 5lbs 8oz and was 20" long. We could not be more in love with our sweet little girl.

We got home from the hospital late at night on August 8th and my mom flew in soon after, and could not have arrived a minute too soon! What an amazing help and blessing she was while she was here! I don't know what I would have done without her! She kept my house clean, kept us fed, stayed up with Kate so I could sleep, answered ALL of my MANY questions and helped me stay sane! Needless to say I bawled my eyes out when she left! It was so nice to have her here with us, and we are so grateful for her sacrifice to come and help us out! I miss her tons!





The past few weeks have been a whirlwind! Everyone has always told me that having a baby is life changing, but nothing could never have prepared me for this! It is such a rush of emotions, so much work, but so much fun! Lucky for us, Kate seems pretty mild tempered (so far)! She still hasn't really cried, she just whines a little and then calms down pretty quickly. She is starting to sleep better at night and is changing so much every day! I already feel like she is growing up too fast and she is only 3 weeks old!!! I love every single thing about her and she has brought such a sweet spirit to our home. I never could have imagined I could love someone this much!

Ok, now prepare yourself for a picture overload! I am just going to post all my favorite pictures!!!







Here is Kate's first bath






And more of my favorites...







and here she is on a quilt that one of my best friends mother made, she did an amazing job!

The Best Two Years!

On July 22, Jason and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We decided to take a weekend trip to Dallas, only a 3 hour drive. The first order of business when we arrived was a visit to Ikea, I can't visit a town that has one and not go! Even if I don't buy anything, I feel like I am cheating myself if I don't at least go look. We then went and checked in at our hotel and went swimming to beat the heat. We pretty much had the pool to ourselves! It was so nice and relaxing and the weather was perfect for swimming! Next on our agenda was dinner, we decided to go to Olive Garden (I know, we could go to Olive Garden almost anywhere) because it was where Jason took my on our first date, check out the truck we spotted on our way!




It was basically a monster truck! Only in Texas!

The next day we didn't have much planned (due to poor planning on my part!) so we pretty much drove around trying to find something cool to do. We were pretty unsuccessful, and found out that Dallas is pretty much just a big shopping city, but we did find a Denny's and had a yummy breakfast! Since we didn't find anything to do that was picture worthy, we decided to just take a picture of how we spent most of our day...

driving around! Even though we didn't find anything amazingly fun to do, it was still a wonderful weekend, and one I will treasure for a long time! I'm so lucky to be married to such a sweet and wonderful man! It truly has been the best two years! I love you Jay!